Neil Carmichael, Executive Chair of the Association of Dental Groups, Chief Executive of UK China Education Cooperation (UCEC), and a member of Science Policy Expert Advisory Committee, Royal Society. Neil is a trustee of the Sir Heinz Koeppler Trust (Wilton Park, FCDO) and is a Trustee of the Sir Edward Heath Charitable Foundation, and currently leading the Trust’s Edward Heath University Lecture Series. Neil was Member of Parliament for Stroud (2010-17), serving on the Education Select Committee throughout the period and latterly as Chair. He established the All-Parliamentary Party Group on School Leadership and Governance and took the Antarctic Act 2013 through Parliament. In his spare time, Neil farms in Northumberland.